In the news daily's report, it noted that this was for the installation and operation of telecommunications equipment for a WiMax broadband project, which was contracted to Huawei in June 2010.

The Straits Times added that the writ did not provide much details, and it was unclear what went wrong with the project.

In Creative's second quarter financial statement released early this month, the company had cited failure to network performance as the reason for the project's failure. However, Huawei was not named as the other party.

When contacted for a response, Creative declined to comment in light of the ongoinglitigation.